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Vietnam Conflict | Vietnam Conflict

lloyd-lofthouse's picture
Dec.15.2010
My Favorite Holiday Gift
It was December 1966, a few days before Christmas, and I was in Chu Lai Vietnam with several weeks left before my combat tour ended. I had no idea that I was going to get an early Christmas gift. I was a field radio operator in the First Marine Division's tank battalion. With a radio strapped to my...